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Identifier:

exws_pages_b02_item27

Title:

Leaf from Hortus Sanitatis

Creator:

Wonnecke von Cuba, Johann, active 1484-1503

Date:

1491

Description:

From "Hortus Sanitatis", a compilation of mediaeval lore about the therapeutic properties of animal, vegetable and mineral substances. "Hortus Sanitatis" was a generic name for books of this type; this version by Johann von Cube of Frankfort was a compilation of two others with the same title that were published at Mainz in 1491. This edition by Cube was brought out by Reinhard Beck at Strassburg in 1517.

Dimensions:

8 x 12.2 in. (20.3 x 31 cm)

Subject:

Printing--Specimens

Subject:

detached leaves

Location:

Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Century:

Fifteenth century

Contributor:

Beck, Reinhard, -1522

Language:

Latin

Collection:

Pages from the Past

Type:

Text

File Format:

image/jp2

Source:

Z4 .P33x. Pages from the past : original leaves from rare books and manuscripts. Western Michigan University Special Collections

Publisher:

Western Michigan University

Rights:

The digital version is available for education use under ‘Fair Use’ guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries: lib-dc@wmich.edu